This list shows 72 groundcover plants that are native to your location, and are carried in nurseries. Plants are ordered by their popularity in gardening applications.
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1. Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
2. Butterfly Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
3. Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
4. Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
5. Smooth Oxeye
Heliopsis helianthoides
6. Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
7. Wild Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata
8. Northern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
9. Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
10. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
11. White Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides
12. Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
13. Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
14. Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea
15. Purple Poppymallow
Callirhoe involucrata
16. Indian Blanket
Gaillardia pulchella
17. Plains Coreopsis
Coreopsis tinctoria
18. Azure Blue Sage
Salvia azurea
19. Oxeye Sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra
20. Buffalograss
Bouteloua dactyloides
21. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
22. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
23. Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
24. Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
25. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
26. Silver Wormwood
Artemisia ludoviciana
27. Virginia Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
28. Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia
29. Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
30. Bluejacket
Tradescantia ohiensis
31. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
32. Coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
33. Hoary Vervain
Verbena stricta
34. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
35. Maximilian Sunflower
Helianthus maximiliani
36. Flowering Spurge
Euphorbia corollata
37. White Prairie Clover
Dalea candida
38. Starry False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum stellatum
39. Large Beardtongue
Penstemon grandiflorus
40. Lapham’s Phlox
Phlox divaricata subsp. laphamii
41. Eastern Gamagrass
Tripsacum dactyloides
42. Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
43. Dotted Blazing Star
Liatris punctata
44. Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radiata
45. Prairie Rose
Rosa arkansana
46. Whitetinge Sedge
Carex albicans
47. Jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
48. Prairie Violet
Viola pedatifida
49. Western Silver Aster
Symphyotrichum sericeum
50. Western Snowberry
Symphoricarpos occidentalis
51. Longbract Spiderwort
Tradescantia bracteata
52. Yellow-Fruited Fox Sedge
Carex annectens
53. Prairie Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium campestre
54. Nodding Fescue
Festuca subverticillata
55. Violet Wood-Sorrel
Oxalis violacea
56. Hairy Grama
Bouteloua hirsuta
57. Jersey Tea
Ceanothus herbaceus
58. Early Blue Violet
Viola palmata
59. Hoary Puccoon
Lithospermum canescens
60. Narrowleaf Stoneseed
Lithospermum incisum
61. White Bear Sedge
Carex albursina
62. Downy Phlox
Phlox pilosa
63. Common Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
64. Pointed Broom Sedge
Carex scoparia
65. Crested Sedge
Carex cristatella
66. Tall Cinquefoil
Drymocallis arguta
67. Leavenworth’s Sedge
Carex leavenworthii
68. Prairie Ragwort
Packera plattensis
69. Whitemouth Dayflower
Commelina erecta
70. Cutleaf Evening Primrose
Oenothera laciniata
71. Shortbeak Sedge
Carex brevior
72. Prostrate Spurge
Euphorbia prostrata
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